[validation] How can I test a PDF document if it is PDF/A compliant?

We write a software that create PDF files. How we can check if the resulting pdf files are PDF/A compatible? Are there any test suite for it available?

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The answer is


pdf validation with OPEN validator:

DROID (Digital Record Object Identification) http://sourceforge.net/projects/droid/

JHOVE - JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/


Do you have Adobe PDFL or Acrobat Professional? You can use preflight operation if you do.


The 3-Heights™ PDF Validator Online Tool provides good feedback for different PDF/A conformance levels and versions.

  • PDF/A1-a
  • PDF/A2-a
  • PDF/A2-b
  • PDF/A1-b
  • PDF/A2-u

If you download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, it will tell you if your pdf is PDF/A compliant. Just open the PDF file and a big blue marking should appear.

OpenOffice supports PDF/A. For some reason "PDF/A-1" is called

"SelectPdfVersion"
internally in OpenOffice. Just add 1 to that value and your output should be PDF/A.

The different values can be

0 = PDFXNONE
1 = PDFX1A2001
2 = PDFX32002
3 = PDFA1A
4 = PDFA1B

You set

FilterData
to be a
HashMap('SelectPdfVersion',1) //1 for PDFX1A2001